title: Ripples of consciousness.
abstract: Casali et al. recently showed that the complexity of the electrophysiological brain response to a transcranial magnetic stimulation pulse distinguishes conscious from unconscious humans in a variety of conditions. In addition to its theoretical implications, this novel method paves the way to a quantitative assessment of the states of consciousness.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U992, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France; NeuroSpin Center, Institute of BioImaging Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France; Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière Research Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U975 Paris, France. Electronic address: jdsitt@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jacobo D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sitt
authors.forename: Jean-Rémi
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naccache
authors.forename: Stanislas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehaene
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation